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Saturday, June 7, 2014

Daniel Boone Was a Man...

When I was a child I knew exactly what Daniel Boone looked
like…

Yep, I was quite the fan of the TV series starring Fess
Parker.

(Portrait of Daniel Boone in his Missouri years)

But that ‘version’ of Daniel Boone is light years from the
real man.

Today is Daniel Boone Day…commemorating the day that he
first saw the forests of Kentucky.Born
in Pennsylvania in 1734, he was a first generation “American” while it was
still a colony.He fought in the
Revolutionary war and was captured by Shawnee in 1778 and lived with them for 4
months before escaping.

While he was a great hunter and explorer, he was pretty bad
at business.After many adventures and
misadventures, he left Kentucky in 1799 and made his final home in Missouri.He died there in 1820.

In Defiance, Missouri is the “Daniel Boone Home”, a state
historic site.Only thing… it wasn’t his
home!It was the home of his son
Nathan.However, he did visit here a lot
and even died in his son’s home… so I guess that is good enough!

The lovely limestone home’s front…

…and back.

Kind of ignores the fact he didn’t live here, doesn’t it?

Looking thru the windows

Missouri was still the frontier in the early 1800s. This is one of many openings in the house for
shooting thru.

The house tour is quite interesting.I particularly enjoyed the large
kitchen.I don’t have photos because
they didn’t allow them (even without flash).

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